The Frelinghuysen family
New Jersey · President · Senate · House
Combined career popular votes
5,116,921
Combined electoral votes
105
Members on the ballot
4
Combined W–L
24–2
Years on the ballot
1844–2016
Few families have stayed in public life as long as the Frelinghuysens of New Jersey. Theodore Frelinghuysen was the Whig vice-presidential nominee in 1844, Joseph S. Frelinghuysen served in the U.S. Senate in the 1920s, and Peter and then Rodney Frelinghuysen held a New Jersey House seat across the second half of the 20th century and into the 21st.
| Member | Offices | Years | Career popular votes | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph S. FrelinghuysenR | Senate | 1916–1922 | 607,414 | 1–1 |
| Peter FrelinghuysenR | House | 1952–1972 | 1,368,662 | 11–0 |
| Rodney P. FrelinghuysenR | House | 1994–2016 | 1,841,783 | 12–0 |
| Theodore FrelinghuysenW | President | 1844 | 1,299,062 | 0–1 |
How this is measured
Combined career popular votes are summed across the 4 family members we track, each counted once across every presidential, U.S. Senate, governor, and U.S. House election in our data. Family membership is hand-curated and verified against primary sources, never matched by surname alone, so unrelated namesakes are never folded in. A vote for a presidential ticket counts for both the president and the vice-presidential candidate, matching how each profile reports its own totals.